. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Aug. 3. 1905. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 337. ^ (£ontrtbutcb ^- Special Clrticles =\ J Comb Honey in the Home Market BY "ILLINOIS" Twenty-five years ago a man with 10 colonies of bees, kept in the old-fashioned way, could supply our little town with honey; now we need about a ton to each thousand people to supply the home market. Then honey was sold by the pound, and in a small way ; now we sell to consumers by the case, and it bee-keepers in their home markets would put up their comb honey in small cases of not more than 10 or 12 pounds each,
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Aug. 3. 1905. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 337. ^ (£ontrtbutcb ^- Special Clrticles =\ J Comb Honey in the Home Market BY "ILLINOIS" Twenty-five years ago a man with 10 colonies of bees, kept in the old-fashioned way, could supply our little town with honey; now we need about a ton to each thousand people to supply the home market. Then honey was sold by the pound, and in a small way ; now we sell to consumers by the case, and it bee-keepers in their home markets would put up their comb honey in small cases of not more than 10 or 12 pounds each, and quote and sell it that way, their market would be improved. We have told people all about honey as a medicine, and so the general public buys honey about as freely as bee-keepers buy pills. Sell a woman a section of honey and tell her how good it is for the croup, mixed with lemon-juice, and she is likely to put it away somewhere until the baby has the croup, and by that time the honey may be in a condition either to kill or cure—to kill the baby, or cure it of its love of honey for good and all. What we want is, people to use honey as an article of food, so sell to them by the case, and they will eat it by the case, and want more. Put the retail price per case so that you can sell to grocerymen at market rates, and so that they can make a fair profit if they sell by the case, and a larger one when they sell by the section, and let them supply the demand for less than a case. You and your grocer will then be good friends, and can work together. It is an advantage to put your name on your honey in 'your home market, and also use a stamp with " Keep Comb Honey Where it Will Be Dry and Warm," or something to that effect. One thing I must say, and that is, that people become educated in regard to the quality of honey very fast, and so first, last, and all the time, quality must not be lost sight of. Keep all unfinished, leaky and broken sections out; and don't try
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